Allahabad HC has warned UP authorities against using land of private citizens without acquiring them through proper legal procedures, warning of heavy penalties and recoveries from personal accounts of officials who flout the directive.A bench of Justices Manoj Kumar Gupta and Anish Kumar Gupta made the observation while ordering compensation for a Bareilly woman whose…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court Monday sent up for fresh trial 10 criminal cases, including murder cases, lodged during the Left Front tenure, overturning East Midnapore lower court orders allowing a state plea to withdraw them. The cases were filed at Nandigram and Khejuri police stations during violent land acquisition movements in 2007 and again in…
NEW DELHI: The NHAI will have “no option but to cancel/ terminate” eight more “severely affected” highway projects in Punjab costing Rs 14,288 crore, if the law and order situation doesn’t improve, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari wrote to Punjab CM Bhawant Mann on Friday.The minister’s ultimatum comes amid reports of untoward incidents on the…
NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict to protect the interests of landowners against acquisition of their property by govt, Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that all acquisitions would have to pass the test of Article 300A which grants people constitutional right to property and said acquisition can be done only for public purpose, under authority…
